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Where do the political parties stand on Universal Credit?
A protest as part of the Peoples Assemble against Austerity. Image credit via Peter Damian, Creative Commons. By the time Universal Credit (UC) is rolled out completely, now estimated to…
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The grassroots activists fighting fracking at Preston New Road
In May 2014, oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla applied for planning permission for a shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. A grassroots activist collective quickly…
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BP reach for the pinkwash with “LGBT Careers Event”
A BP flyer found in London. Image uses photo from Marine Photobank. We face an onslaught of unpleasant, greenwashing advertising from fossil fuel companies. Shell and their "We'll keep the…
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‘Invite the Greens’ petition hits 200,000 signatures
As things stand UKIP's Nigel Farage will participate in TV General Election debates but the Green's Natalie Bennett will not. Image: BBC. The petition demanding the major broadcasters invite the…
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BREAKING: Glasgow students win Fossil Fuel Divestment
Climate Action Society in the quadrangle of Glasgow Uni, March 2014. Image: Ric Lander. After a relentless and inspiring campaign students at the University of Glasgow have won university divestment…
Green Party of England and Wales membership passes 20,000
* Membership passed 20,000 today * Young Greens' 100% growth this year is ‘testament to a sea-change going on in politics’ * Green candidates will be standing in 50% more…
Police suppress challenges to university marketisation
Clifford Fleming is the co-convenor of the Young Greens of England and Wales, and Campaigns and Citizenship Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. He tweets Universities are places…
Lecturers and university staff in first UK-wide joint strike over pay
This piece originally appeared in Nouse, the University of York's student newspaper. Thousands of lecturers and non-academic staff will go on strike over pay on Thursday 31st October, after members…
Inez McCormack – A Tribute
Mention Inez McCormack to many Northern Irish people of this generation and get blank faces. But Inez McCormack was an incredible, lifelong fighter for justice. Through her activism, she affected…
¡No Pasarán! David Lomon 1918-2012, survivor of the International Brigade
David Lomon, the last survivor in Britain* of the International Brigade, died yesterday. He was 94. A salesman in Hackney, East London, Lomon started his political life battling Oswold Mosley's…